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Farm Movie Screenings Scheduled

Chuck Zimmerman

Movie screenings for The Great American Wheat Harvest have been scheduled and more will be. The first one is April 2, 2014 in Lincoln, NE from 7-9pm which will be the kickoff of the “Heart of America Tour.” The location is The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 313 N. 13th Street. An RSVP is required. Register …

Farming, Harvest, Media, USFRA

Great American Wheat Harvest Premier

Chuck Zimmerman

The National Premier Screening of The Great American Wheat Harvest movie took place yesterday as the first of many National Ag Day activities. On hand were the stars of the documentary that include: Jim Deibert – JKD Harvesting Jim & Tracy Zeorian – Jim Zeorian Harvesting Dan, Kristy, & Emma Misener – Misener Family Harvesting Lee Petersen – L. Petersen …

Ag Day, Audio, Harvest, Wheat

New Holland Sponsors Great American Wheat Harvest

Chuck Zimmerman

Next week I’ll finally get to see The Great American Wheat Harvest! AgWired has been a sponsor of this fantastic project since the beginning and now we get to see the fruit of that investment during National Ag Day Activities next week in Washington, DC. Conrad Weaver, ConjoStudios, the film producer is happy to announce another silver sponsor for the …

Agribusiness, Harvest, New Holland, Wheat

Great American Wheat Harvest Thanksgiving

Chuck Zimmerman

Updated with interview from NAFB We got an update from the director of the Great American Wheat Harvest during NAFB Trade Talk. Conrad Weaver tells us the documentary will become a reality March 2014. “We are premiering the film nationally on National Ag Day in Washington DC on March 25,” he said. Conrad logged more than 70,000 air- and 30,000 …

Farming, Harvest, Wheat

New Sponsor for Great American Wheat Harvest

Chuck Zimmerman

There is a new gold sponsor for the Great American Wheat Harvest documentary film. C & B Operations, LLC which represents 24 John Deere dealerships in South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, all featuring agricultural equipment, service and parts has jumped on board. “We value the family-owned business traditions of C & B Operations, LLC, and the historical impact …

Agribusiness, Harvest

New Holland Attention Getting Combines

Chuck Zimmerman

If you visit a New Holland exhibit at the farm shows this season you can not miss the big yellow CR9000 Combines and corn heads. This one was on display at the Farm Progress Show and showing it off to the ag media was New Holland’s Nigel McKenzie. These bad boys continue the more than 35-year pure “Twin Rotor® bloodline” …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farm Progress Show, Harvest, New Holland, Video

Great American What Harvest Makes Progress

Chuck Zimmerman

The Great American Wheat Harvest documentary is making good progress. You’re invited to visit them on July 4th in Colby, KS. Here’s a report: Filming for the Great American Wheat Harvest documentary is in full swing…and you’re invited to follow our filmmaker and meet Teresa Scanlan, Miss America 2011 on July 4th in Colby, Kansas! As Conrad Weaver of ConjoStudios …

Agribusiness, Harvest, Wheat

New Sponsor for Great American Wheat Harvest

Talia Goes

To help support the creation and educational purposes of the Great American Wheat Harvest documentary film, independent filmmaker, Conrad Weaver of ConjoStudios, LLC announces the Oklahoma Wheat Commission board has approved and appropriated funding to become one of the film’s executive sponsors. Weaver received the announcement while filming during a wheat field day near Sentinel and Elk City, Okla.; and …

Agribusiness, Harvest, Wheat

Telling the Story of The Great American Wheat Harvest

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s a great looking group of custom harvesters. This is from the U.S. Custom Harvesters booth at Commodity Classic. I met another one of these road warriors that will be featured in the upcoming film documentary, “The Great American Wheat Harvest.” He is Dan Misener, second from the right. Dan’s business is Misener Family Harvesters which has been in business …

Ag Groups, Farming, Harvest, Wheat

Harvesting The High Plains Documentary

Chuck Zimmerman

Last year’s Midwest drought evoked images of the dust bowl of the “dirty 30’s”. But how many of you really know much about it or what it took to survive those trying times? Here’s one way you can get a glimpse into those times. It’s a film documentary called, “Harvesting The High Plains.” An advance copy is now available for …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farming, Harvest, Video, Wheat